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FIND YOUR FAVOURITES
TAKE A GOOD LOOK START EDITING
Onceyouclickonanimagethumbnailit opensin the
centralpreviewpaneandyoucanseealltheinformation
aboutit alongwitha histogramin thecolumnontheleft.
Clickonthewhitearrowstocollapseandexpandthese
panelsasyouwish.
Controlsabovetheimagepreviewallowyoutozoomin
oroutof theimagetocheckfocusandsharpness.The
magnifytoolsenableyoutozoomin andoutwithclicks while
thedropdownlistenablesa quickjumpfromone
magnificationtoanother.
Clickingonthe‘BA’boxesoveronthetopleft,activates
thebeforeandafterview,so allowing you to access the
impact of your editing.
Therearestariconsbeneaththeimage
thumbnailsandthepreviewin the
centreof thescreen.Justclickonthe
appropriatestartorateyourimages
from0-5.If youaccidentallygivea star
ratingtoanimagethatyouwantto
leaveunrated,clickonthedottothe
leftof thestars.Then,clickonthe 3
dotsat theleftof thethumbnailpanel
andselectthestariconfollowedbythe
minimumratingyouwanttosee.If you
select2,forexample,youwillonlysee
thethumbnailsof imagesthatyou’ve
givena ratingof twoormorestars.It
meansyoucanfindyourfavourite
imagesmuchquickerat a laterdate.
Thecolumntotherightof thepreviewpanehastheeditingparameters,they
arethesameasthoseavailablein thecamera.Tomakeaneditsimplyclickon
up/downarrowtotherightof theparameterthatyou’reinterestedin andselect
theoptionthatyouwant.Asyouscrollupanddownthelistof availableoptions,
you’llseethepreviewimagechange.Bearin mindthatyoumayneedtozoom
in toproperlyassesstheimpactof changingsettingssuchastheSharpnessand
NoiseReduction.Also,theCustomoptionslistedin theWhiteBalancesection
reflectthesettingsonyourcamerasothismaymake using the Color
Temperature and/or WB Shift settings preferable.‘XRawStudiois
p r o b a b l y F u j i fil m ’ s
easiestsoftwarepackage
to understand and use’